“[The protest movement] is a reflection of vast, deep anger in Iranian society that erupts, and it does so occasionally, with increasing frequency in the last few years,” said Alex Vatanka, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, a Washington think tank.
Broad-based Iranian protest movement yet to answer who rules if the mullahs fall
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There is no prospect of a diplomatic resolution and that creates this sense of hopelessness, and gives reason for the regime to really worry whether this round is different,” said Alex Vatanka, senior fellow at MEI.
Protests in Iran put Islamic republic in precarious position, experts say
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